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Fat emboli unleashed: an exceptional etiology of encephalitis in sickle cell disease

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  1. Service de Réanimation des Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital Bichat, APHP, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75018, Paris, France

    A. Loupy, L. Bouadma, M. Wolff & B. Regnier

  2. Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Bichat, APHP, Paris, France

    J. P. Laissy & I. Klein

  3. Service d’Hématologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, APHP, 51 Av du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010, Créteil, France

    D. Bachir

  4. Service de Réanimation Chirurgicale Polyvalente, Hôpital Beaujon, APHP, 100 Bd du Général Leclerc, 92118, Clichy, France

    S. Pease

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Loupy, A., Laissy, J.P., Klein, I. et al. Fat emboli unleashed: an exceptional etiology of encephalitis in sickle cell disease. Ann Hematol 87, 939–941 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-008-0491-y

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